Could Legalizing Marijuana Curb Mexican Drug Violence?


 

Could Legalizing Marijuana Curb Mexican Drug Violence? – Complete video at: fora.tv Beau Kilmer and Richard Lee debate the potential effects marijuana legalization in California could have on Mexican drug cartels. Kilmer cites that California only accounts for a small percentage of the cartels’ revenue, while Lee counters that legalization in California could lead to legalization nationwide. —– Will California become the first state to legalize the production and sale of marijuana? November ballot measure Proposition 19 would allow local governments to choose whether and how to regulate and tax marijuana. Some are concerned about legalization’s effect on consumption and public health, while others tout the potential boon to city and state coffers. Besides the jaw-dropping estimated retail price decrease from 0 to per ounce, nothing is really certain about the potential impact of Prop 19. Get informed before the vote — don’t miss advocates of both sides arguing the pros and cons of pushing pot through the legal pipeline. – Commonwealth Club of California Beau Kilmer is codirector of the RAND Drug Policy Research Center. His primary fields of interest are illicit markets, community corrections, drug treatment, and the future of drug testing. Kilmer’s recent work focused on measuring the size of the global drug market for the European Commission and developing indicators to measure the impact of drug enforcement in Europe. His current work focuses on identifying the community-level effects of drug treatment and

 

Gulf Coast Addiction Treatment Center Urges Parents To Be On The Look For

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Gulf Coast Addiction Treatment Center Executive Director, Debbie Ross, urges parents to be on the lookout for drug paraphernalia in their home as Florida heroin use increases with pill prices rising. … Recent enrollees in our program are telling us …
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17 Healthcare Niches — Observations for 2013

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Overall, the U.S. addiction treatment industry is expected to increase revenues by 55 percent from 2005 to 2014 and experience revenues of $ 34 billion by 201419. 9. Hospital-based specialists. The demand for hospital-based … There is concern, however …
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